# Stamp with Nellie ## Posts - [Friendly Foliage CAS card - Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026](https://stampwithnellie.com/2026/01/14/friendly-foliage-cas-card-touches-of-ink-blog-hop-january-2026/): Today I’m taking part in the first Touches of Ink blog hop of 2026, so you may have joined me from my lovely friend Tatjana’s blog. Welcome! Despite all the brand new products I could have used, I have created this Friendly Foliage CAS card… ABOUT MY CARD I haven’t used the Online Exclusive Friendly Foliage stamps and dies nearly enough, as I got too distracted by Christmas! So, it was time to put that right. But I wanted to show that you can make a CAS (Clean And Simple) card with just a couple of the dies and a ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Greenery Lane treat holder - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2026/01/11/greenery-lane-treat-holder-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. I want to share another amazing bundle from the new January to April 2026 mini Stampin’ Up! catalogue. This beautiful bundle includes stamps and dies but you can also add in the coordinating washi tape too! I have used all three to create this Greenery Lane treat holder… You can see the yummy Ferrero Rocher treat inside, from the side view… As well as using the Greenery Lane bundle, I used the Damask Designs embossing folder on vellum and 2 of the Stylish Shapes dies – a very firm favourite set of dies!! If ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Easter Basket card - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2026/01/07/easter-basket-card-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. The January to April 2026 mini Stampin’ Up! catalogue is live and I thought I’d share one of the new product suites with you. Join me, while I show you the whole of the adorable Easter Joy suite and then watch as I show you how to make this Easter Basket card… The colour combination for this card comes from this week’s Creative Colour Challenges… If you’d like to find out more about this fun challenge set by my lovely friend Vickie Littlewood please CLICK HERE It’s easy to join in the fun! As ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Nature Walk DSP card - The Project Share Blog Hop](https://stampwithnellie.com/2026/01/03/nature-walk-dsp-card-the-project-share-blog-hop/): Hello and welcome to the January 2026 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators regularly share each others projects and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Anything But Flowers. So I’ve used a brand new pack of designer series paper for today’s card. This my first Nature Walk DSP card… ABOUT MY CARD There are so many amazing new products being released by Stampin’ Up! on 6 January 2026 and the Nature Walk designer series paper pack is just one of them. It’s a ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gears & Textures box - Stamp Around UK Video Hop - January 2026](https://stampwithnellie.com/2026/01/01/gears-textures-box-stamp-around-uk-video-hop-january-2026/): Hello! Today I’m taking part in the Stamp Around UK video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous group of other UK based Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Embossing. I have used heat embossing to decorate this Gears & Textures box… I have used Basic Beige card and lots of metallic heat embossing to make this grungy gift box. This was my first play with the Gears & Textures stamps and dies that will be available from Stampin’ Up! from 6 January 2026. There are lots of great elements to get creative with and I ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Lovely Blossoms Z fold card - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/29/lovely-blossoms-z-fold-card-video/): Hello! I hope you are well and have had a fabulous festive season so far. I allowed myself a little bit of a break to enjoy our family Christmas but the lure of new products in my craft room was too strong to resist! So, I’ve been playing with an online exclusive pack of DSP from Stampin’ Up! that will be available soon. Here’s my Lovely Blossoms Z fold card… Isn’t the colour combination of Cloud Cover, Secret Sea and Old Olive just gorgeous? This fabulous Lovely Blossoms designer series paper pack will be available from my online store from ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 18 December 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/18/the-project-share-project-18-december-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Our lovely little group of 4 independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators share each others’ projects every month, to give you some extra inspiration. As we are only 1 week away from Christmas I thought I’d share some final Christmas cards… First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this beautiful Bauble Blooms card… Vickie created this gorgeous card for a colour challenge and I love the how she has blended ink to bring out the textures on her background pieces. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Vickie’s blog post and find out more. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Splash of Sparkle card - Stampin' Around the World Video Hop](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/15/splash-of-sparkle-card-stampin-around-the-world-video-hop/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in the Stampin” Around the World video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous global group of Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Sparkle and Shine. So, I took this as a perfect excuse to create with and give you a sneak peek of a brand new pack of designer series paper! Here’s my very first Splash of Sparkle card… This gorgeous pack of paper will be available for you to purchase from 6 January 2026, but you can see it in all it’s shiny glory ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [12 days of crafting note card - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/13/12-days-of-crafting-note-card-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. The theme of running a bit late with my Stampin’ Up! 12 days of crafting advent calendar has continued. And today I needed to open the final 3 windows to reveal the last of the awesome exclusive products inside. Then I challenged myself to use all 3 and more of the products from the advent calendar. This 12 days of crafting note card was the result… I used the Basic White note cards and envelopes to make my job so much easier. These are smaller than the normal cards I make, but are perfect ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Memories & More card topped box - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/10/memories-more-card-topped-box-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. I have been running a little late with my Stampin’ Up! 12 days of crafting advent calendar. So, in today’s video I show you me opening days 7, 8 & 9! One of the fabulous 3 products I unveiled was a little pack of Memories & More cards and ephemera pieces. As soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to use them to create a Memories & More card topped box and here it is… I also used the baker’s twine and embellishments from the 12 Days of Crafting advent calendar. So, ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Fold Flat Christmas treat box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/09/fold-flat-christmas-treat-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I must admit that I’m going to miss playing with the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper pack! This paper pack has already sold out here in the UK and Europe, but I’m making the most of what I’ve got left of it! Here’s my fold flat Christmas treat box featuring the paper and ephemera… As you can see, I’ve used card for the main box and added a panel of the DSP to the front. As the bottom closure isn’t glued in place, you can make these boxes up ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [12 Days of Crafting decorative masks - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/07/12-days-of-crafting-decorative-masks-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. I have now opened days 5 & 6 of my Stampin’ Up! 12 days of crafting advent calendar. I recorded a video of me opening them and then how I used these new products for this 12 Days of Crafting decorative masks card… These lovely decorative masks and that cute little stencilling brush were the products in Day 5 of the calendar. I also used the stamp set that you get with the calendar for my sentiment and to add an extra layer to the flower at the bottom left on the card. The ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Sending Love & Joy - The Project Share Blog Hop](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/06/sending-love-joy-the-project-share-blog-hop/): Hello and welcome to the December 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators regularly share each others projects and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is CASE the Catalogue. So I’ve taken inspiration from page 34 of the September to December 2025 mini catalogue for my Sending Love & Joy card… ABOUT MY CARD I love the look of the Peaceful Garden suite card in the mini catalogue, but I don’t have any of the products from that suite. But that’s fine, because we ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [12 Days of Crafting (days 1 to 4) - video](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/12/05/12-days-of-crafting-days-1-to-4-video/): Hello! I hope you are well. I have been enjoying opening the first few windows of my Stampin’ Up! 12 days of crafting advent calendar. I recorded a video of me opening the first 2 windows and then used the products inside to create this pretty birthday card… The advent calendar comes with a coordinating stamp set and the product from Day 1 of the calendar was some dies that match the stamps. Day 2 of the calendar revealed a pack of really pretty designer series paper, featuring the colours shown above. If you’d like to watch the video for ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gingerbread Christmas Banner - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/29/gingerbread-christmas-banner-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I have been making a true labour of love that has involved more die cutting than I think I’ve ever done for just 1 project. Santa may need to bring me replacement plates for my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine! However, I am absolutely delighted with the result of my Gingerbread Christmas Banner. Here’s the first section… And then the rest of it… And here’s a close up of the super cute Gingerbread Man that separates the 2 words. How adorable are those red and white peppermint embellishments?! I had nearly finished each ‘flag’ ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Quick & easy North Pole Delivery card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/24/quick-easy-north-pole-delivery-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I am still slowly working away on this year’s Christmas cards and today’s quick & easy North Pole Delivery card is a great way to add to the stash in no time at all… All I have used is a Basic White Thick card base, elements from the North Pole Delivery specialty designer series paper pack and sentiments from the Greetings For You ephemera pack. The North Pole Delivery DSP pack has so many lovely designs that you can easily mix and match. There are 2 full 12″ x 12″ pages with lots of ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Christmas gift card holder & gift box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/22/christmas-gift-card-holder-gift-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Gift card can make gifting at any time of year nice and easy and Christmas is no exception. However, I like to add a little bit extra instead of just a gift card. Often this is just a little sweet treat. So, today I decided to make a combined Christmas gift card holder & box… Here’s a side view, that hints that it’s not just a standard box… When you remove the ribbon and lift the tab you will reveal the gift card and tag inside… And then you can lift the whole lid ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 20 November 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/20/the-project-share-project-20-november-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Our lovely little group of 4 independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators share each others’ projects every month, to give you some extra inspiration. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes for this month… First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this simply gorgeous get well soon card… I love that fabulous Friendly Foliage central image on this pretty card. It works so well with those lovely coloured card layers. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Vickie’s blog post and find out more. Next up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Brushed With Beauty Gift bag - Stampin' Around the World Video Hop](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/15/brushed-with-beauty-gift-bag/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in the Stampin” Around the World video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous global group of Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Celebration. So, I created this pretty little Brushed With Beauty gift bag for a celebration present… Isn’t this Brushed With Beauty designer series paper just gorgeous? I love that it has big bold floral designs, delicate floral designs and some fabulous designs that don’t feature flowers at all. There’s something for everyone, in a beautiful colour palette. I used the DSP for both ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gingerbread Man gift box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/13/gingerbread-man-gift-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. As you may have gathered if you’re a frequent visitor to my blog or YouTube channel, I like shopping! And when I shop, I tend to keep an eye out for little treats and gifts that I think would work well with my Stampin’ Up! supplies. Today’s Gingerbread Man gift box is a perfect example of this in action… I created this gift box to fit a cute gift I picked up while shopping at the supermarket. Inspiration really is everywhere! Here’s a side view, with a big thumb notch to make the box ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Nutcracker Tag topped box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/09/nutcracker-tag-topped-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Last weekend I joined my lovely friend and fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Janice Thomson for one of her craft events in a great garden centre. I do love a garden centre, not so much for the gardening side but more for the gift shop and food hall parts. Because I got to Janice’s event a little bit early, I went shopping first. I picked up somethings that I wanted to make boxes for. Then at the craft event one of Janice’s project really inspired me to make this Nutcracker Tag topped box… The card ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Quick & easy Joyful Days cards](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/08/quick-easy-joyful-days-cards/): Hello! I hope you are well. Normally by this point in the year I have a substantial number of Christmas cards made. But not this year! I decided to take a year off from attending craft fairs; so the pressure to mass produce cards is off. However, I still have to make lots for me, my friends and family to send out. So, I sat down and created these quick & easy Joyful Days cards… The main product I used to created this little collection of Christmas cards was the Joyful Days Memories & More card pack. Whilst this pack ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Hobby Haven birthday card - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/05/hobby-haven-birthday-card-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Yesterday, Stampin’ Up! launched a whole host of awesome new Online Exclusive products. This includes a marvellous product suite collection based around various hobbies. Isn’t that just perfect for us crafters? I haven’t splurged on the whole suite (YET) but I did pre purchase the awesome designer series paper pack. And here’s the first Hobby Haven birthday card I made with it… The paper pack has a fantastic selection of designs, but one of them includes a huge variety of pop out pieces of ephemera. Like the coffee mug I used on this card. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Sweet Jar birthday card - CCC218](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/04/sweet-jar-birthday-card-ccc218/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in this week’s Creative Colour Challenges with this Sweet Jar birthday card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours. ABOUT MY CARD This week’s colour combination is so bright ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Snowy Delights fun fold card - Stamp Around UK Video Hop - November 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/01/snowy-delights-fun-fold-card-stamp-around-uk-video-hop-november-2025/): Hello! Today I’m taking part in the Stamp Around UK video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous group of other UK based Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Winter. Here in Scotland Winter and snowflakes go hand in hand! So, I’ve created this Snowy Delights fun fold card… This is a double barn fold card that features the Snowy Delights stamps and dies bundle, along with the Elegant Pine Snowflakes designer series paper. This is how it looks when you open it up… I love that the sentiment continues from the front to the inside. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Delicate Pines CAS card - The Project Share Blog Hop - November 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/11/01/delicate-pines-cas-card-the-project-share-blog-hop-november-2025/): Hello and welcome to the October 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators regularly share each others projects and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Clean And Simple (or CAS for short). So I have created this Delicate Pines CAS card… ABOUT MY PROJECT I think this might be the first project I’ve created with the Delicate Pines bundle that doesn’t also feature the paper from the suite. The paper is gorgeous but most of it is a bit too fussy for this ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Love & Courage sunflower card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/30/love-courage-sunflower-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. Stampin’ Up! often offer a Making A Difference product and this year, we are standing strong together to support people impacted by breast cancer. The Love & Courage stamp set has some beautiful images and encouraging words and phrases. Here’s my first Love & Courage sunflower card… With each purchase of the Love & Courage Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! will donate 3,00 € | £2.50 to support the fight against breast cancer around the world. But this stamp set and the words of support and strength are suitable for people dealing with lots of ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Modern Christmas gift box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/26/modern-christmas-gift-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. My last 2 videos featured a black box and some lovely golden treat wrappers. So today I’ve almost got a combination of both themes with this Modern Christmas gift box… I love the classic black and white combination, with all the luxurious gold foil details in this paper pack. And you can use the Modern Christmas paper all year long, as there’s quite a few non-Christmassy designs too. I think this lovely striped design is one of the most versatile. My decoration on the front of the box is also from the Modern Christmas ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Elegant Pine Snowflakes cards](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/25/elegant-pine-snowflakes-cards/): Hello! I hope you are well. Stampin’ Up! ran an online Craft Class a couple of days ago, that was open to both demonstrators and our customers. When you purchased the class, you got to join an exclusive Facebook group. You get all the instructions you needed to prepare to craft along when the event was live. I didn’t buy all of the Traditions of Christmas suite collection. So, I made some Elegant Pine Snowflakes cards instead! This is the first of the cards I made… This one involved making a stencil with dies and blending ink through the stencil ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Halloween box with Jolly Delivery dies- tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/22/halloween-box-with-jolly-delivery-dies-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I thought I was being clever when I bought some individually wrapped mini stroopwafels in our local supermarket last week. Of course, I planned on using them for little Christmas treat boxes until I looked a bit more closely and realised that the packaging on them is clearly aimed at Halloween! Can you believe I was actually wearing my glasses when I was shopping? Once I realised my mistake, I decided I best create a Halloween box for them instead… The box die from Jolly Delivery is a great size to fit in 2 ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Brushed With Beauty birthday card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/20/brushed-with-beauty-birthday-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I recently shared a video of the beautiful Online Exclusive products that I managed to pre order. If you missed my video just CLICK HERE to check it out. I got packs of 12″ x 12″ designer series paper and I used one of them for this Brushed With Beauty birthday card… The striped paper is actually the reverse of that fabulous floral design. My card base is Very Vanilla card and I added the striped paper first, then a piece of Very Vanilla card that I embossed with one of the Glass & ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Christmas Treat wrapper - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/19/christmas-treat-wrapper-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I picked up a pack of chocolate treats when I was shopping recently as I thought they’d be sweet little gifts, if you pardon the pun! So, I took a look through my Stampin’ Up! supplies and designed this Christmas treat wrapper for them… This style of treat wrapper is so easy to make but also super fun for the person that receives it. All they need to do is pull on the ribbon bow and the yummy treat will slide on out… How cute is that? Let me show you how to make ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Modern Christmas card - CCC215](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/18/modern-christmas-card-ccc215/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in this week’s Creative Colour Challenges with this Modern Christmas card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours. ABOUT MY CARD My card base is Blackberry Bliss card measuring ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 15 October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/16/the-project-share-project-15-october-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Our little group of 4 independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have made a little change. We’ve moved from sharing each others’ projects every week, and we will now do this monthly. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes for this month… First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this fabulous thank you card… I love that the Beautiful Gallery designer series paper is the main focus, but there are lots of lovely extra details when you look closely. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Vickie’s blog post and find ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Faux Embossed card - Stampin' Around the World Video Hop - October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/15/faux-embossed-card-stampin-around-the-world-video-hop-october-2025/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in the Stampin” Around the World video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous global group of Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Shapes. So, I reached for my Spotlight On Nature dies to create this faux embossed card… To make my card look like it has been embossed, I simply added various circles cut from Basic White card, with the Spotlight On Nature dies, to my Basic White card layer (chopping off the excess along each edge). This was added to my Secret Sea card ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Autumnal Natural Botanicals card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/13/autumnal-natural-botanicals-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. Autumn is definitely in the air now, it’s getting a little bit chillier and the leaves are turning colour so quickly now. So, I thought it was time I made a card to match the season. Here’s my Autumnal Natural Botanicals card… I used lots of lovely colours on this card. Firstly, my card base is Cajun Craze. I suspect this is just about the only time of year I use this colour but every year I remember how rich and lovely a colour it is. I really must try harder to use it ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Floral Charm birthday card - Touches of Ink Blog Hop October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/08/floral-charm-birthday-card-touches-of-ink-blog-hop-october-2025/): Today I’m taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop, so you may have joined me from my lovely friend Janice’s blog. Welcome! I’ve used one of our beautiful online exclusive product suits for today’s Floral Charm birthday card… ABOUT MY CARD I thought the design I chose from the Floral Charm designer series paper (DSP) pack had a bit of a vintage vibe to it, so that set the tone for today’s card. My card base is Timid Tiger card measuring 21 x 14.5 cm, scored & folded on the long side at 10.5 cm. Then I cut ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Halloween treat bag - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/07/halloween-treat-bag-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I host a weekly paper craft group in our local community centre and recently, they asked if we could make some Halloween projects. Now, I don’t have a lot of Halloween related products, so I had to give this one some thought! I grabbed some black DSP and Timid Tiger card and ribbon and made this Halloween treat bag… When I made this and recorded today’s video the Botanical Textures designer series paper wasn’t on the Last Chance list but it is now! In fact, there’s a lot of great bargains to be had ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Lots of Stampin' Up! news](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/05/lots-of-stampin-up-news/): Hello! I hope you are well. There’s a lots happening right now, so I thought it might be a good idea to give you a summary of the current Stampin’ Up! news. First up, is the 3 day kit sale that starts very soon… This kicks off here in the UK at 11pm tonight (5 October 2025) and will end at 10.59pm on 8 October 2025. Discounts are from 10% to 30% during this period. The new prices will show during the promotional period – you don’t need to add any discount code etc Click on the following button to ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Christmas wax melts box - The Project Share Blog Hop - October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/04/christmas-wax-melts-box-the-project-share-blog-hop-october-2025/): Hello and welcome to the October 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators regularly share each others projects and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is a colour challenge – using at least one Neutral and at least one Regal colour. So, I’ve used Pecan Pie (neutral) and Shaded Spruce (regal) for this Christmas wax melts box… ABOUT MY PROJECT I created my box base with Shaded Spruce card and it’s essentially just a shallow tray to fit the pack of wax melts I ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Christmas Tags & More card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/03/christmas-tags-more-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I really need to get cracking with my supply of Christmas cards, it will be here before we know it!! So I used up some scraps from making other cards to create this Christmas Tags & More card… If you missed the cards I created with the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ DSP pack previously please CLICK HERE to check them out. This designer series paper pack not only includes some sheets that can be chopped up to create tags but it also includes some sheets of ephemera you can simply pop ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 2 October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/02/the-project-share-project-2-october-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. This week I’ve selected some awesome autumnal looking projects… First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com who created this adorable card I picked this one because the super cute Storybook Moments designer series paper has been added to the Last Chance products in a refresh yesterday and is now reduced in price too. I love the way Vickie has layered up 3 different paper designs and added that lovely sentiment. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Trusty Tools slimline card - Stamp Around UK Video Hop - October 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/10/01/trusty-tools-slimline-card-stamp-around-uk-video-hop-october-2025/): Hello! Today I’m taking part in the Stamp Around UK video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous group of other UK based Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Milestone Birthdays. I made the task a little bit more difficult by electing to make a masculine milestone birthday! Here’s the Trusty Tools slimline card… As not everyone wants to shout about a milestone birthday, I used the Party Alphabet dies to cut the word forty into the stamped background. The letters are raised up a little with Stampin’ Dimensionals… stamp around uk VIDEO HOP You can ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Ephemera Key Rings & box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/28/ephemera-key-rings-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. One of the other things I discovered during a recent craft room tidy up was a pack of key rings. So, I thought I’d use them up somehow and created these ephemera key rings & box… I used up some little scraps of the stunningly beautiful Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ designer series paper pack as the backgrounds. Then I pulled out all sort of images from the Something For Everything ephemera pack and phrases from the Saying Something ephemera pack. With lots of chopping, trimming or even fussy cutting, I found images and ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 25 September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/25/the-project-share-project-25-september-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk who created these 2 beautiful cards a little while back… I love the way Jayne has used the same designer series papers for each card but by swapping the layouts over has created two totally different looking cards! Do you prefer mainly floral or the more subtle leaves one? Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Jaynes blog post and find out more. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Snowy Delights Christmas card - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/24/snowy-delights-christmas-card-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. It was my birthday on Monday and my husband asked me if I wanted Stampin’ Up! products as his gift. And of course the answer was a very loud “yes, please!” I had been eyeing up the Party Banner dies for a while and so he agreed to buy them for me. He really is a keeper!! So, I didn’t waste much time before trying them out for today’s Snowy Delights Christmas card… I used one of the large Party Banner dies to cut my Cloud Cover card base into this fun shape! Then ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Natural Botanicals card - CCC212](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/23/natural-botanicals-card-ccc212/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in this week’s Creative Colour Challenges with this simple stamping Natural Botanicals card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours. ABOUT MY CARD When I first saw this week’s ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gingerbread Girl wreath - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/20/gingerbread-girl-wreath-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I have been trying to tidy my craft room lately and in the process I found a 8″ circle wire wreath. So, I decided that I would make something with it, just for me! And my Gingerbread Girl wreath was born… Firstly I covered the wire wreath with Petal Pink braided trim and then decorated it with lots of lovely die cuts created with the Gingerbread Man stamps and dies bundle. To compliment the braided trim, I mainly used Petal Pink and Strawberry Slush card, with a few little white accents. How adorable is ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 18 September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/18/the-project-share-project-18-september-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk who created these awesome autumnal gift boxes… The designer series paper and stamps and dies bundle Jayne used are perfectly for this project and the gift inside is wonderful for this time of year. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Jaynes blog post and watch her video tutorial for these lovely boxes. Next up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this beautiful scenic ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Simple Stamping Christmas cards - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/17/simple-stamping-christmas-cards-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Stampin’ Up! have a 24 Hour Sale on Stamps and Stamp Tools starting tonight! So I thought I’d try to inspire you with some Simple Stamping Christmas cards! But first the sale starts at midnight 18 September 2025 in most markets but at 11pm on 17 September here in the UK… You will automatically save 15% on full price stamp sets during this 24 hour sale period. This also applies to stamp tools, like clear blocks, stamp cleaning tools and masking paper. Shop with me using the product links at the end of this ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Painterly Pears square card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/16/painterly-pears-square-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. Yesterday I shared the Painterly Pears gift bag that I created for my last Nellie’s Stampers team craft-a-long. So today, I thought I show you the Painterly Pears square card I made for the same event… I love crafting with my team, even if it’s just on Zoom. Each month I send them a pack of supplies and we get together online to make 2 projects, normally a card and a 3D item. In this pack, I sent them an A4 sheet of Basic White Thick card and Mossy Meadow card, plus a 6″ ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Painterly Pears gift bag - Stampin' Around the World Video Hop - September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/15/painterly-pears-gift-bag-stampin-around-the-world-video-hop-september-2025/): Hello, I hope you are well. Gosh it’s been a while, but today I’m taking part in the Stampin” Around the World video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous global group of Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is My Favourite Bundle. I sent my team members a crafty pack in the post last month for this project and thought it was time to share it with you lovely people too. Here’s my Painterly Pears gift bag… And here’s the one I made in today’s video, along with the original… I changed up the decoration on ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [A Little Cheer tree card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/14/a-little-cheer-tree-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. After preparing crafting packs to send to my Nellie’s Stampers team members I found myself with quite a few scraps of the All Season Velvet paper that I had been die cutting from. So, I began using the tiny tree punch from A Little Cheer to cut lots of trees from the scraps of the green velvet. That then sparked the idea for this A Little Cheer tree card… I realised that I had enough tiny trees to make a much bigger tree! So I grabbed my glue and stuck them on a piece ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Easy Christmas tree decoration - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/13/easy-christmas-tree-decoration-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Last year I saw a type of Christmas decoration that I thought I’d like to try out. It turns out this style of decoration has been around for a while. but I hadn’t seen it. I was too late to think about making some for my tree last year, but I’m planning ahead for this year! This is my easy Christmas tree decoration made with Elegant Pine Snowflakes designer series paper… And here’s what they look like when they are open or folded up… And all you need is some squares of paper, a ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 11 September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/11/the-project-share-project-11-september-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk who created this elegant embossed wedding card… Doesn’t the new Secret Sea In Color look fabulous with gold and cream? It’s just so classy! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Jaynes blog post to see this gorgeous card in more detail. Next up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this bold and bright card… Vickie created this gorgeous card for a colour challenge ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Snowy Delights card - Touches of Ink Blog Hop September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/10/snowy-delights-card-touches-of-ink-blog-hop-september-2025/): Today I’m taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop, so you may have joined me from Karina’s blog. Welcome! I’ve used a gorgeous bundle from the September to December 2025 mini catalogue. This is my first Snowy Delights card… ABOUT MY CARD This is the first time I’ve had a chance to play with this stunning Snowy Delights bundle. First of all I used the layering decorative masks with Balmy Blue ink and a blending brush, onto Basic White card. Then I used one of the dies from the bundle to cut it out. There’s a slightly larger ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Modern Christmas gift package - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/09/modern-christmas-gift-package-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I needed to make some little gifts to send to some customers recently and thought I should use one of the new Stampin’ Up! paper packs. So, here is my Modern Christmas gift package… And here’s what is inside… yum! This is just a simple little pocket that can hold these relatively flat sweeties or you could pop a gift card inside instead… I would put that gift card inside in a portrait orientation so that it’s easier to get out (as you’ll see from my video) and you could add a To and ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Layered Thoughts birthday card - CCC210](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/08/layered-thoughts-birthday-card-ccc210/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in this week’s Creative Colour Challenges with this quick and easy Layered Thoughts birthday card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours. ABOUT MY CARD This is such a ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gingerbread Man card - The Project Share Blog Hop - September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/06/gingerbread-man-card-the-project-share-blog-hop-september-2025/): Hello and welcome to the August 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators share each others projects every Thursday and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Embossing. I’ve used heat embossing a few different ways for today’s Gingerbread Man card… ABOUT MY PROJECT My first step was to stamp the main Gingerbread Man image with Versamark ink onto Pecan Pie card and heat emboss it. The wow factor as the powder melts and turns oh so glossy never gets old! I then die ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Christmas Tags & More cards](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/05/christmas-tags-more-cards/): Hello! I hope you are well. The release of the September to December 2025 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue has made me feel oh so festive! So, I chopped up pieces of the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ mix & match specialty designer series paper to create a few cards. Here’s the first one… This designer series paper pack includes some sheets that can be chopped up to create 6 tags that measure 2″ x 3″. I added 2 of them to this card, once I’d added a full layer of another design to the card base. Then all ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 4 September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/04/the-project-share-project-4-september-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk who created these fabulous fold flat gift boxes… I love a box that you can make in advance and store folded flat until you need it. And these ones are so bright and fun too! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Jaynes blog post and watch her wonderful tutorial to see how to make your own versions. Next up is Vickie of ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Gingerbread get well card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/03/gingerbread-get-well-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I’ve had my first play with the brand new Gingerbread Man stamps and dies bundle that just just been released today. This is such a fun and cute set but I wanted to show that it doesn’t just have to be for Christmas; so I made this Gingerbread get well card… Clearly someone has broken off a chunk of the Gingerbread Man’s leg, leaving some crumbs, and he is definitely not happy about it!! But he does have a lovely Timeless Plaid warm hat and scarf on, so it’s not all bad. When you ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [A Little Cheer card - CCC209](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/02/a-little-cheer-card-ccc209/): Hello, I hope you are well. Today I’m taking part in this week’s Creative Colour Challenges with a Christmas card, even although the colours are not at all traditional Christmas ones! Here’s my A Little Cheer card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Jar of Joy card - Stamp Around UK Video Hop - September 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/09/01/jar-of-joy-card-stamp-around-uk-video-hop-september-2025/): Hello! Today I’m taking part in the Stamp Around UK video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous group of other UK based Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is Black & White with a pop of colour. Here’s my card… I used the online exclusive Modern Christmas designer series paper and Jar Of Joy stamp set. The sentiment is from Greetings for All ephemera pack and I used the Sweet Jar Builder punch from the Annual Catalogue. My pop of colour is Timid Tiger! I used Stampin’ Blends to colour the bauble images inside the jar ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Storybook Life scrapbooking](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/30/storybook-life-scrapbooking/): Hello! I hope you are well. If you’ve watched my last couple of YouTube videos you’ll know that I attended an event earlier this week for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators in Scotland. I’ve shared videos of the card I demonstrated on the day and the swaps I received. But now, it’s time to tell you a bit about the Storybook Life scrapbooking workshop kit we used. Each group of 3 demonstrators was given a scrapbooking workshop kit and 1 person read the cutting instructions, 1 person did the cutting and the third person organised the cut pieces into the 3 double ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 28 August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/28/the-project-share-project-28-august-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com who created this fabulous card with one of her favourite techniques… Have you ever tried the emboss resist technique? It’s so much fun and makes awesome card backgrounds like the one on this stunning card. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Verity’s blog post and watch her wonderful tutorial to see how it’s done. Next up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk with this ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Textured Notes thank you card - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/27/textured-notes-thank-you-card-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I had the pleasure of designing a card for a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator event that took place yesterday. Here’s my Textured Notes thank you card… I was told the stamp set, punch and colours I could use; along with incorporating some two-tone card. But the rest was entirely up to me! So I decided to include one of my favourite techniques; faux embossing. This involves adding tone on tone die cuts or in this case Modern Oval punched pieces, so that it gives a similar look to using an embossing folder… Then I chose ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Elegant Pine Snowflakes box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/24/elegant-pine-snowflakes-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I shared a video a few days ago with my haul of Stampin’ Up! products that will be launched on 3 September 2025 (CLICK HERE if you missed it). The September to December 2025 mini catalogue products and some Online Exclusive products will be available to purchase from that date. I’ve used products from an Online Exclusive suite collection for this Elegant Pine Snowflakes box… The Elegant Pine Snowflakes suite consists of the Designer Series Paper, the Delicate Pines stamps and dies bundle, the gorgeous Shaded Spruce ribbon and some Faceted Snowflakes embellishments. I ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 21 August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/21/the-project-share-project-21-august-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with this bright fun card… Verity created this card for an Instagram hop with a Summer Vibes theme and totally nailed the brief! I love the addition of those lemon slices on the rims of the glasses – such a clever detail that makes such a difference. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Verity’s blog post to find out more. Next up ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Charming Day card - CCC207](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/20/charming-day-card-ccc207/): This is a simple Book Fold style of card. If you’d like a tutorial for this style of card then please CLICK HERE to check out mine from a wee while back. THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this challenge and to join in the fun with this week’s 3 colours. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [No cut & no glue treat wrapper - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/17/no-cut-no-glue-treat-wrapper-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. The weather here in Scotland is far too warm to be thinking about any Christmas projects, although I am eagerly awaiting my pre ordered products from the September to December 2025 mini catalogue. So in the meantime, I thought I’d make a no cut & no glue treat wrapper with the stunning Floral Impressions designer series paper… This pretty package measures 4-1/2″ tall x 3″ wide x 1″ deep and is the perfect size for a pack of Walkers biscuits. The designer series paper doesn’t actually include Timid Tiger in the designs but I ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Charming Day birthday card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/16/charming-day-birthday-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I am really enjoying being creative with the Online Exclusive Floral Charm product suite collection. Everything in the suite is simply gorgeous! So, today I’ve used the Designer Series paper, the stamps, the dies and the ribbon to create this Charming Day birthday card… ABOUT MY CARD There are so many beautiful designs in the Floral Charm designer series paper pack that it’s easy to let the paper do most of the heavy lifting! My card base is Petal Pink. I added a piece of the DSP to a layer of Cloud Cover card ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Tiny Jar of Joy treat box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/15/tiny-jar-of-joy-treat-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Today’s project is this tiny Jar of Joy treat box… The box measures 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ and is the perfect size for a Ferrero Rocher chocolate. Or any similar sized treat. The main component of this tiny Jar Of Joy treat box is a simple cube and I then added the Jar of Joy image cut with the Sweet Jar builder punch to the front and back. Then I added a little ribbon pull and covered it with a sentiment on the lid. When you open the lid you reveal the treat… ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 14 August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/14/the-project-share-project-14-august-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with this stunning thank you card… Blackberry Bliss is one of my favourite colours and combining it with Gold makes it look wonderfully luxurious! I absolutely love the composition of this card too. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Verity’s blog post to find out more. Next up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk with these beautiful gift packages… I love that these are ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Large Lidded Birthday Box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/09/large-lidded-birthday-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I needed to make a gift box that would hold some small birthday gifts, so I’ve created this large lidded birthday box… The box measures 6″ x 6″ x 2″ deep, so would be a very handy size for lots of birthday gift ideas. I made the base of my box from 12″ x 12″ Basic White card that I had in my stash, but if I’d had some I would have used the new 12″ x 12″ Basic White thick card instead. The lid was made with Floral Charm 12″ x 12″ DSP. ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Encircled With Love card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/08/encircled-with-love-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. I recently set a sketch challenge in one of our Stampin’ Up! team groups, when I’d taken over the group for a few days while the real boss was on holiday. I didn’t actually get a chance to create my own card with this layout but the entries for the challenge really inspired me to make one. So, here’s my Encircled With Love card… And here’s the challenge I set… ABOUT MY CARD The stamp I used for the “Way to go” sentiment is from the Encircled With Love set. This is such a ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 7 August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/07/the-project-share-project-7-august-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with this sensational circles card… This is such a simple idea but perfectly executed by Verity. I truly admire her skill and patience to get all these die cut circles perfectly lined up! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Verity’s blog post and watch her video tutorial for an alternative version. Next up is Jayne of www.craftwithjayne.co.uk with these delightful little gift ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Wildflower Birthday tent shaped box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/06/wildflower-birthday-tent-shaped-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I picked up some cute mini lip balms when I was on holiday in Florida in June. They’ve been sitting on my desk ever since, just waiting their turn for some pretty gift packaging. So, I created this Wildflower Birthday tent shaped box for one of them… I love the Wildflower Birthday designer series paper, especially with all those lovely gold foil details and the many pieces of ephemera you can pop out of one of the sheets in the pack. Actually, you get 2 sheets of that design in the pack. The more ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Jar of Joy card - CCC205](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/05/jar-of-joy-card-ccc205/): Hello! I hope you are well. The colour combination from this week’s Creative Colour Challenge gave me a perfect excuse to get an online exclusive stamp set inky for the first time. Indeed, it gave me an excuse to create my first Christmas card of 2025! This is my Jar Of Joy card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Floral Charm note cards](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/04/floral-charm-note-cards/): Hello! I hope you are well. Is shared the 3D project I made with my Nellie’s Stampers team recently (CLICK HERE if you missed it) and now I’d like to share the cards we made together on our Zoom session last month. These are my Charming Day note cards… ABOUT MY CARDS Did you know that Stampin’ Up! sell ready cut and scored Note Cards & Envelopes? These little card bases make crafty even quicker than normal! And often all you need to add is some pretty Designer Series Paper and a sentiment. I gave each member of my team ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Prairie Grass sympathy card - The Project Share Blog Hop - August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/02/prairie-grass-sympathy-card-the-project-share-blog-hop-august-2025/): Hello and welcome to the August 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators share each others projects every Thursday and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is to use this card layout as our inspiration… And here’s my Prairie Grass sympathy card using this template… ABOUT MY PROJECT My first step was to cut a circle in a piece of scrap card with my 1-3/4″ circle punch. I used this to add some Darling Duckling ink to a piece of Very Vanilla card with ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Woven DSP card - Stamp Around UK Video Hop - August 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/08/01/woven-dsp-card-stamp-around-uk-video-hop-august-2025/): Hello! Today I’m taking part in the Stamp Around UK video hop over on YouTube, with a fabulous group of other UK based Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrators. Our theme for this month is In Colors. So, I’ve used the 2025-2027 In Colors paper for this woven DSP card… It’s wibbly, wobbly and quirky and I love it! I also used a sentiment from Perfectly Pears along with dies from the matching set. The detail on that leaves die is fabulous… stamp around uk VIDEO HOP You can take a closer look at this card and watch me make it over ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 31 July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/31/the-project-share-project-31-july-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this absolutely adorable birthday card… This is a super cute way to showcase the 2025-2027 In Colors! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Vickie’s blog post and find out more about this sweet card. Next up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with this bright and bold birthday card… Verity created this card for a colour challenge and I love the way she ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Back to school gift bag - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/30/back-to-school-gift-bag-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Here in Scotland the school holidays are flying by and the kids will be starting their new year in a couple of weeks. Did you know that the Just A Note stamp set has a “Happy back to school” stamp? When I spotted it, I knew I had to make a back to school gift bag and this was the result… I also thought this would be a great project to make together with my Nellie’s Stampers team mates in our latest online crafty session. So I sent them all the Country Woods designer ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Trusty Tools thank you card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/29/trusty-tools-thank-you-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. As some of you may know, I help with a community garden project in my town. My DIY skills are not as great as I’d like them to be and there are a lot of jobs I just don’t have the tools to do. We’ve been really lucky to have people offer to do things like fix walls and build compost bins. So, I thought I should make some suitable cards, like this Trusty Tools thank you card… ABOUT MY CARD The Trusty Tools die set has dies that match with the Trusty Tools ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Sweet & Spooky kit - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/27/sweet-spooky-kit-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I just received a new Stampin’ Up! Hallowe’en kit a few days ago and couldn’t wait to play with it. The Sweet & Spooky kit is really rather cute… The kit contains everything you need (except scissors!) to make 15 milk carton style boxes – 5 of each of the 3 styles. But obviously, you could mix and match them instead of always following the instructions. The boxes each measure 2″ x 2″ x 3″ (to the start of the slope of the box) so you can fit in all sorts of treats, or ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 24 July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/24/the-project-share-project-24-july-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this fabulous fun fold birthday card… I am absolutely honoured to say that Vickie took her inspiration for this beautiful card from me! I love the black and white with that pop of pink! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to Vickie’s blog post and find out more about this lovely card. Next up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with these bright and ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Charming Day birthday card - CCC203](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/22/charming-day-birthday-card-ccc203/): Hello! I hope you are well. The past week has flown by and I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s time for another Creative Colour Challenge! But it is, and I’ve used this week’s 3 challenge colours on this Charming Day birthday card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please CLICK HERE to find out more about this ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Sunshine Vibes treat box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/20/sunshine-vibes-treat-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. The weather here in Scotland, and most of the UK, took a turn for the worst yesterday. My friend tells me we even had hailstones – in July! But I didn’t notice as I was brightening up my own day by making this Sunshine Vibes treat box… And it contains one of my favourite chocolate bars… For anyone that isn’t familiar with a crunchie, it’s a bar of cinder toffee covered in delicious milk chocolate. The advertising slogan for years was Thank crunchie it’s Friday. But for today, it’s thank crunchie it’s stopped raining ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Country Woods thank you card](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/19/country-woods-thank-you-card/): Hello! I hope you are well. Sometimes, making masculine cards can be difficult. But when you have fabulous neutral designer series paper, big bold sentiments and Stylish Shapes dies to play with, it can be quite easy. Here’s my Country Woods thank you card that I think will be great to give to one of the kind men in my life… It’s always good to say thank you for kindness received, isn’t it? ABOUT MY CARD My card base is Pecan Pie and I have a layer of Early Espresso card. The rest of the pieces on the card front ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Water coloured Perfecty Pears card - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/18/water-coloured-perfecty-pears-card-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I took inspiration from a pear tree in our community garden for today’s card. It really goes to show that inspiration is all around us, all the time, we just need to take notice of it. I have tried to replicate the colours of the fruit on the tree for this water coloured Perfectly Pears card… And here’s the fruit on our community garden tree… I really can’t wait for them to ripen so I can eat one. The cherries we had a couple of weeks ago were very popular, so I’ll need to ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 17 July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/17/the-project-share-project-17-july-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this fabulous fun fold card… Vickie has created her very own designer series paper for this card using stamps from the Mixed Florals stamp set. And then stepped it up with adding colour to the centre part of this fun fold card. She also shares a clever trick for the banner piece too! So, please CLICK HERE to pop over to her ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Heartfelt Hexagon birthday card - CCC202](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/15/heartfelt-hexagon-birthday-card-ccc202/): Hello! I hope you are well. It has been a rainy couple of days here in Scotland, so this week’s combination in the Creative Colour Challenges have helped to brighten my day today! I used the 3 colours from the challenge with a favourite punch to create this Heartfelt Hexagon birthday card… THE CHALLENGE Each week my friend Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs challenges us to get creative with 3 randomly selected colours. I love joining in this challenge whenever I can. So you can join in too, these are the colours for this week’s challenge over at www.creativecolourchallenges.blogspot.com Please ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Tiny no glue treat box - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/13/tiny-no-glue-treat-box-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. Today’s project is inspired my one of the lovely ladies in my Nellie’s Stampers team. Emma of Emma’s cards and papercrafts made a cute little rectangle no glue gift box recently and this inspired me to make an even smaller one that was square! Here’s my tiny no glue treat box… And here’s Emma’s cute box that inspired me: Isn’t her’s gorgeous? And it fits a chocolate biscuit too – even better! If you like Emma’s gift box, please watch her YouTube video and give her a thumbs up. Better still, why not subscribe ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Small Floral Charm gift bag - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/11/small-floral-charm-gift-bag-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. I am sorry that I’ve been a little quieter than usual on here and my YouTube channel. I’ve been a lady that lunches this week and the weather has been far too nice to spend indoors! So my craft time has been limited. However, I have managed to make this small Floral Charm gift bag… I shared this gorgeous Floral Charm product suite collection in my recent video of my July 2025 Online Exclusive products haul. But this is my first time actually playing with it. It really is so pretty so I used ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 10 July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/10/the-project-share-project-10-july-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this fabulous card… Vickie created this bold card for a colour challenge. I love the technique she used, it certainly works really well with these colours. Please CLICK HERE to pop over to her blog post and find out more. Next up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with stunning Shaded Spruce monochrome card… Adding all those touches of gold with this gorgeous shade ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Painterly Pears card - Touches of Ink Blog Hop July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/09/painterly-pears-card-touches-of-ink-blog-hop-july-2025/): Today I’m taking part in the Touches of Ink blog hop, so you may have joined me from Tatjana’s blog. Welcome! I’ve used a new Online Exclusive product collection for this Painterly Pears card… ABOUT MY CARD This is the first time I’ve had a chance to play with this gorgeous product suite. And I’ve used everything in it! The Painterly Pears suite includes the Perfectly Pears stamp set, the Perfectly Pears dies, Painterly Pears designer series paper (DSP), ribbon and embellishments. As always, they all work perfectly together. My card base is Darling Duckling card measuring 21 x 14.5 ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Layers Of Beauty card - The Project Share Blog Hop - July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/05/layers-of-beauty-card-the-project-share-blog-hop-july-2025/): Hello and welcome to the July 2025 Project Share Project blog hop. Our fabulous little group of independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators share each others projects every Thursday and also create a new project for a monthly Blog Hop. Our theme this month is to CASE a project created by one of little group. These lovely ladies always inspire me, every week, so choosing one to ‘copy’ was a tough choice. However, I took inspiration from Vickie of Vickie Lou Designs for this Layers of Beauty card… And here’s the card that inspired me… Please CLICK HERE to check out Vickie’s ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [The Project Share Project - 3 July 2025](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/03/the-project-share-project-3-july-2025/): Hello! It’s time for the Project Share Project. Each week our lovely little group of 4 demonstrators share each others’ projects. I hope you like my choices from their marvellous makes. First up is Vickie of www.vickieloudesigns.blogspot.com with this beautiful thank you card… Vickie has taken inspiration from a Sketch Challenge for the layout of this pretty card. This is always a great way to spark your creativity! Please CLICK HERE to pop over to her blog post and find out more. Next up is Verity of www.inkybutterfly.com with stunning scenic card… I love the contrast of those bright colours ... Read More about Friendly Foliage CAS card – Touches of Ink Blog Hop January 2026 - [Fold Flat treat box using Sweet Jar bundle - tutorial](https://stampwithnellie.com/2025/07/02/fold-flat-treat-box-using-sweet-jar-bundle-tutorial/): Hello! I hope you are well. One of the few things I like to stock up on whenever I visit the USA or Canada is Bath & Body Works products, especially their PocketBac hand sanitisers. They just smell SO good! Then once I’ve got plenty I like to make little boxes for them. This one is a fold flat treat box using the Stampin’ Up! Sweet Jar bundle… The bundle features a stamp set and a Sweet Jar builder punch. And there’s a brand new stamp set that also coordinates with the punch in time for Christmas treat projects! I’ve ... 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